Global study tours - preparing students for a global career

Students have expressed overwhelming levels of support for the experience gained on study tours according to qualitative and quantitative information collected since their inception in 1999. Although the study tours have always been evaluated at a School level, a formal evaluation instrument, the Study Tour Experience Survey, was developed in 2006. Its development combined the expertise of academic staff involved in designing and delivering the courses, as well as members of the Business Portfolio's Academic Development Unit and RMIT University's Policy and Planning Department, and evaluates students' personal and cultural growth and the relevance of the course materials to professional capabilities. A focus was placed on evaluating the effectiveness of assessment tasks, relevance of course content to career aspirations and development of intercultural capabilities.